E-Justice Coordinator

Under the ROL project, since early 2023 and until the end of the ROL project in November 2025, UNDP will support the development of a pilot E-Justice system in the country which involves at a minimum the digitization of the civil case management system for a select type(s) of case(s). 

The Supreme Court has an established Working Group for the E-Justice project and identified a single courthouse, the Rudaki District Court, where the pilot prototype will be implemented. UNDP already delivered basic IT equipment including laptops and printers and outfitted the courthouse with some networking necessary for the internal intranet.  The courthouse lacks an internet connection at this time. 

In 2023 the E-Justice initiative also engaged a national consultant to support mapping of the judicial business process plan for the pilot project based on current laws and relevant regulations. The ROL project also retained an international consultant to assess the needs of the Supreme Court, review the capacity of the selected pilot court and provide a basic map leading to the design, implementation and testing of a case management system that is informed by known best practices in E-Justice, in particular those resulting from UNDP’s global experience in E-Justice.   

• Coordinate and manage the proposals and iterations of Protype design; 
• Guide the project team members and supervise consultants and contractors to identify the best technology options for the Project; 
• Ensure that the technological needs of the Supreme Court is properly incorporated in the plan, design and implementation of the prototype;
• Ensure Prototype design and implementation utilizes human-rights based principles and enhance transparency, gender equality and accessibility; 
• Develop a plan for technology solutions in terms of cost, time, quality, risk, benefit and scope; 
• Coordinate with all stakeholders for service implementation and result creation. 
• Ensure the scalability, interoperability and security of the technology solutions; 
• Manage integration among existing Supreme Court systems; 
• Guide development team to ensure the scalability, interoperability and security of the Prototype;
• Maintain  relations with civil society organizations active in judicial monitoring and rule of law work for consultations on prototype design;
• Monitor and manage all consultants and vendors’ activities regarding systems analysis, design, development, deployment and maintenance; and 
• Provide technological guidance to team members in critical decision making and best practices. 
• Support development of recommendations for the scaling up of any prototype. 

• Guide Supreme Court E-Justice Working Group and ICT focal points to increase their capacity to utilize people-centered E-Justice solution; 
• Starting with an assessment of needs, prepare and deliver trainings to Rudaki court staff and Supreme Court on computer literacy and digital skills necessary for implementation of the prototype case management system, and 
• Manage continuous support for ensuring proper function of the E-Justice prototype by coaching Supreme Court ICT focal points. 

Support the Rule of Law Team in delivering Programme results:

• Provide substantive programmatic support to the ROL Project Manager in planning and implementing activities in accordance with the project document especially as they related to technological solutions;
• Support all the Projects in the Rule of Law Portfolio at UNDP Tajikistan as requested by the Project Manager and especially in regards to technological solutions;
• Preparing Terms of Reference (TORs) for consultants, experts and service providers and support in selection, recruitment and development of mission programmes of international and local experts, as required according to UNDP rules and regulations;
• Compile and analyze information in the subject areas of programme assistance to national partners, contribute to drafting programme documents and work plans and prepare tables and statistical data as required;
• Collect, classify, summarize and evaluate data and information, carry out technical review of programme documents (proposals, activity plans, financial forecasts);
• Maintain regular productive working relations with state agencies and CSOs active in rule of law and access to justice;
• Explore and advise to the Rule of Law Initiative on the development and implementation of innovative justice related initiatives;
• Support the preparation of Project Reports according to the requirements of the donor, government and UNDP; and
• Contribute to the preparation of visibility materials, publications, press releases for dissemination of UNDP assistance and experience. 

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

People Management Competencies

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies

• Digital product design 
  • Ability to design digital products which are user-centered, intuitive, functional and achieve desired outcomes 
• Digital product management 
  • Ability to design and lead digital product development including testing, ongoing product iteration, product strategy and delivery. 
• Digital public goods 
  • Knowledge of how it works, understanding of the opportunities and challenges for governments and society 
• Design thinking 
  • Solving problems by putting people at the center, visualizing ideas and making them tangible in order to improve them through and iterative process of developing and testing. 
  • Strong empathy skills, being able to put yourself “”in someone else’s shoes””, understand needs, abilities, preferences, motivations, (everyday) experiences from different perspectives as well as their cultural, social, economic and political contexts. 
  • Ability to identify and challenge assumptions, (cognitive and social) biases and dominant mental models by generating new perspectives and frames that help redefine the problem, solution and opportunity space. 
  • Being able to work with incomplete information, ambiguity and opposing views, needs and constraints and synthesize them into solutions that are viable, technically feasible and useful.
• System Thinking 
  • Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system 
• Digital Awareness and Literacy 
  • Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed